Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio

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  • Call Letters: KBFT
  • Frequency: 89.9 FM
  • Networks: AMPERS

Our call sign is going to be KBFT and you all can tune into our programming at 89.9 MHz on the FM dial. KBFT is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 1000 Watts (1kW) with our antenna located atop the Nett Lake water tower in the village of Nett Lake, MN. Our studios are located in the Nett Lake School campus building. KBFT is owned and operated by the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa.

Series

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13 Pieces

Bois Forte Ogema Anishinabeg. This project will explore Leaders, within the Tribal Government, both past and present as well as the spiritual leaders.

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8 Pieces

Bois Forte Veterans Series is a special Veterans Day series featuring the Anishinaabe Men and Women who served in the United States Military from the Bois Forte Band Of Chippewa in northern Minnesota.

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3 Pieces

A compilation of various contest winners throughout the history of KBFT.

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55 Pieces

Cultural Crossings is a project that highlights the voices of Nett Lake youth.

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1 Piece

Experience authentic Anishinaabe knowledge from band members, descendants, and community members from the Bois Forte and Minnesota area.

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18 Pieces

KBFT interviewed some elders in the community to share some recollections of their lives on the reservation and how things have changed over the years.

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11 Pieces

This project will feature a look at native apparel through research and reproduction of authentic regalia of the Anishinabe Nation.

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16 Pieces

Historical window, a program that lets you experience the past and treasure the history of the Bois Fort Band of Chippewa through the voices of our elders.

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KBFT Radio present Anishinaabemoen Series (Ojibwe Language) featuring Bemidji State University professor of Ojibwe - Dr. Anton Treuer

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KBFT Bois Forte Live Community Broadcast Pow Wow Series - a "live/on air" series featuring interviews from respected leaders in the Pow Wow circle and the Bois Forte Community.


Latest Pieces

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Kim is the Wisconsin Poet Laureate, a Professor at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She teaches Creative Writing and Native American Literat...

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Kim's shares that her poetry is wide ranging which includes her native heritage, her family, some of the injustice in the world. Her second poem ...

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Kim reiterates how much Minnesota supports the arts and provides some more background information of her personal journey.

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Kim provides some personal background and then shares her poem ' Are you sure Hank done it that way.' Part of her poem is sung in the style of a s...

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Kim's second poem has a lot of native history, with allusions to the Trail of Tears and other campaigns. The main concept that 'We the Native Peop...

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Kim shares her poem 'Minomin Iikagiizis'. The interviewer, Toni shares his reaction to listening to her recite this powerful poem. Kim's second p...

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Kim was an invited writer to an evening event held in Nett lake, to share her history and some of her poems. She begins with the poem 'Family Tree'.

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Maurice is a song writer of the Americana genre whose topics include his dog sledding experiences. This song is about the character of the strong ...

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Maurice Chosa Champaign sings this song that tells the story about his grandmother and one of her daughters.

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Maurice provides musical entertainment at the Writer's Event held in Nett Lake, Mn. Maurice shares this song that was the first he learned.

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